Package for grain products.



No. 70l,970. Patented lune l0, I902.

T. F. WALES. 1

PACKAGE FOR GBAINPRODUCTS.

(Application filed Mar. 26, 1902.)

(No Model.)

I i UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE F. WALES, CF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

PAC KAG E FoR e RAIN P-Ropuc s.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,970, dated June1902- Application filed lll'arch 26 1 902. Serial No. 100,005. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE FRANCIS,

\VALEs,a citizen of the United States of America, residingaitjBridgeport, in the county of.

Fairfield and State of Connecticut have invented new and usefulImprovements in Pack= ages for Grain Products, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to an im proved-mode products and like mateofpackaging grain rials for shipment.

It is the common practice atpresenttoput up grain productsfor'shipmentfrom the mill to the dealer either in small packages,whichare shipped in cases, or in bulk in barrels or other containers. Thelatter "mode necessitates repacking by the dealer according to therequirements of the consumer, and the first.-' named mode entails inmost cases a charge for transportation, which; renders the businessunprofitable, owing to the large bulk of the goods as compared with theweight thereof and the comparativelylow price'of the products, which aresold ona narrowniargin of profit. The convenience to the dealer ofreceiving goods packed in small parcels ready for delivery is somanifest thatthe mills'are to a constantly growing extent required toship their goods in this manner, and they are therefore confronted withthe problem of de-v vising a mode of packing for shipment which" willreduce the present cost of shipping these small parcels in cases andpermit of the compression thereof into as small a bulk as possi I bleand at the same time provide a packagewhich may be handled easily inloading and unloading from the cars without damaging.

the contents thereof, and in so "constructing the packages that thecontents may be'easily v 7 bands e, and this may be donebypunching out alip h, as shown, passingthe wire'thereaccessible.

The object of my invention is to prodnceai package for grain productspossessing the above-enumerated characteristics.

In thedrawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is aperspective viewiof a being disposed, as shown, side by side. Theseparcels are arranged, as described on a piece of burlap'or analogousmaterial, which-forms the covering for the twofiatsides of the package,this coveringbein g applied-in two pieces and indicated by .b and c inthe drawings. The border of the package is covered, preferably, with,somematerial like roofing-paper,

placed therearound and indicated by (Z. The

parcels at having been arranged in the circular form described, theyaresubjected to centripetal pressure, whereby they may be compressed intothe smallestpracticable compass, and the bands e c are then appliedthereto circu m ferentially and I their ends secured together in anydesired'ihanner-as, for examplejby means of the hooks Jflforme'd on oneend' of the bands, passing th'ropgh the slits madein the other end.These bands serve to hold the parcels in their'compressed form andservealsoto bindj the end and side coverings of the package securely, theedges of possible, their ends being twisted together to In carryingoutmy invention the material tobe packaged is first inclosed in paper or'cloth bags, forming the small parcels a, and larrange-these smallparcels-ina substantially circular form in concentric rows, theysecure'these wires in place. While three wires are shown in thedrawings, two cross- .ing thepackage at right angles may be used, ormore, if desired.

I prefer to engage the wires 9 with the under, andthen'haminering'thelip down on cured to the bandsf grain products packedin this manner than by the method of boxing now in common use or asseparate parcels. The packages may be rolled into and out of the car,and the par the wire, or the Wires may be otherwise se i eels, usuallyconsisting of scaled paper bags, are not liable to injury, whereby aloss of part of the contents is entailed, and the package occupies muchless space than the same quantity would occupy if boxed. A furtheradvantage is found in the fact that to open the package in disposing ofits contents at retail the Wires g may be cut and the covering of oneend cut away, when the center package may be easily withdrawn, owing tothe fact that the constricting pressure of the bands 2 (2, applied tothe concentric rows of parcels a, constitutes of the outer rows a seriesof circular arches, which prevents the parcels in the center of thepackage from being subjected to as great a pressure as would otherwisebe possible. The center parcel being withdrawn, the others may beremoved as required, and as the circumference of the package is reached,there being nosupport for the center, the outer rows are more easilyloosened also. A package may thus be opened and the materialsconstituting it thrown away without necessitating the provision ofstorage-space required for empty cases.

lVhile the within described package has been herein described as adaptedto grain products, it is obvious that it is equally applicable to otherfinely-comminuted materials.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A cylindrical package of the class described comprising, incombination with the concentrically-disposed rows of parcels of equallength arranged side by side, flexible coverings fitting entirely overthe opposite flat sides of the package, a flexible covering encirclingthe periphery of the package, and common binding means for binding thecoverings and holding the packaged parcels under centripetal pressure.

2. A cylindrical package of the class described, comprising, incombination with concentrically-disposed rows of parcels of equal lengtharranged side by side, flexible coverings fitting entirely over theopposite flat sides of the package, a flexible covering encircling theperiphery of the package, binders also encircling the periphery of thepackage and comprising common means for binding the coverings andholding the packaged parcels under centripetal pressure, and auxiliarybinders extending diametrically about the package and engaging with thebinders encircling the periphery thereof.

THEODORE F. \VALES.

Vitnesses:

THEODORE B. FORD, MICHAEL J. FLANAGAN.

